• Dollars Derived from Pigskin

    For my EDUC 335 Name, Image & Likeness course I attempted to come up with the amount of the budgeted revenue derived (directly and indirectly) from the football program. Stringing together ratios and detailed definitions published in previous budgets here is what I came up with.

  • Is Michigan Behind on NIL? (WTKA audio)

    I joined Sam and Ira this morning on the ubiquitous 'The Michigan Insider' morning show and shared a few sights, sounds, and observations from the 2023 NIL Summit in Atlanta, GA. We also dig in on a status check on how Michigan is faring against Power 5 peers, and I discuss a few NIL ideas and best practices from other athletic department reps at this conference. Enjoy and hit me up with questions:

  • Taking the Barstool Bait | S1 Ep5

    Thanks for supporting Season 1! If you like Professor and The Pundit please subscribe, share, and review - Episode 5 is brought to you by Nick Hopwood and Peak Wealth Management! In this episode we get into the origins of Steve Clarke's weekly appearance on WTKA, then over to rival fans getting on Dooley's nerves when they knock Michigan's historic wins. Last but not least, the boys discuss the athletic department getting rid of physical (paper) football tickets to the chagrin of collectors.

  • Booze Raid Snags Michigan Football Captain (1931)

    Not that alcohol is celebrated by local authorities on campus today, but in 1931 we were still a couple years from the end of Prohibition.  This was a little more serious. Word of the raid made the front page of the February 12, 1931 Chicago Tribune which provided some of the spicy details of the “Rum Raid” including a pretty lengthy listing of the more prominent students arrested.   Among them (and the first listed) was James "Ducky" Simrall--the captain of the 1930 football team and a Phil Delt.